Entertainment & Arts
As expected, John Hart, the former CBS and NBC anchorman-correspondent, will anchor the Christian Science Monitor’s new half-hour weeknight news program, “Monitor NewsWorld,” premiering in September from Boston.
April 8, 1988
Television
David O.
May 19, 2003
Boston’s public television station WGBH, which pioneered closed captions for the hearing impaired 15 years ago, has developed a service that makes TV vivid for the blind and visually impaired by having a narrator describe a program’s setting and action during pauses in dialogue.
March 6, 1989
Music
Here’s a twist: John Sterling, a staunch rock ‘n’ roller who has played guitar, written tunes and produced albums for such names as Eric Burdon and Arthur Lee, uses all his spare cash to produce . . . drum roll, please . . . jazz TV programs.
May 28, 1993
Hartford N.
Jan. 3, 1986
The critically praised Home Box Office series “The Sopranos” and NBC’s new White House drama “The West Wing” captured Peabody Awards for broadcast or cable excellence Thursday.
March 31, 2000
Company Town
Robert “Bob” Bennett, a television industry pioneer and 31-year resident of Newport Beach, died Tuesday at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach after a long illness, according to longtime friend and business associate Paul Rich.
Dec. 2, 2016
Politics
A half-hour broadcast promoting the independent presidential candidacy of Lyndon H.
Nov. 4, 1988
Awards
CBS invests in Syncbak; company streams local TV signals
April 22, 2013
AIDS Awareness for Teens: ABC and PBS, in a public-service collaboration between commercial and public television, will each air an AIDS special aimed at teen-agers and parents.
Aug. 19, 1991